Inkstand.



F. M. ASHLEY.

INKSTAND.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, 1911.

1,1 1 3,284. Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

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Specification of Iietters; Patent.

1 1 Application med July 14, 1911.

Serial No. 638,457.

To all whom it may concern Be it kllOWIltllltI, FRANK M. AsHLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, boroughof Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inkstands, of which the following i a specification.

My invention relates'to inkstands,-and the object of my invention isto provide an inkstand which can be manufactured at a very low cost, and which will have a large ink capacity.

A further object is to provide an ink stand having.aglassreservoir with a depression in thebottom thereof and which canbe made of blown. glass instead of pressed glass, which has heretofore been the most common type. 1

A further object is to provide the body portion having the reservoir therein, with a-base portion which can be attached to the body portion .after the body portion is formed, in a simple and expeditiousmanner, by means of spring elements formed integral with said base portion, and preferably in such amanner as to p'rovidean unbroken circular band at the top and bottom portions of said base portion.

Referring to the drawings which form a part of thisspecification, Figure 1 is a view of an inkstand shown partly in section, and embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a view showing a modified form of base ring and also embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is a fragmental detail sectional viewshowing a modified form of body in which the lower circumferentialedge is tapered.

A, indicates the body portion which is preferably made of blown glass, and co1nprises a reservoir A having a central depression A and B indicates the dip tube which extends downward to near the de pression A By reason of forming the depression A in the reservoir A, a corresponding projection A is formed on the bottom of the body portion A. p

By referring to Patent #830,638 granted to me on September 11th, 1906, an inkstand is therein disclosed, having its upper part made of a form very similar tothe present form, but in pressed glass stands such as disclosed in the patent just referred to, the base and top portion may be made integral,

the body portion.

of blown glass over pressed glass, it is de sirabl'e to provide practical inkstand having the advantages of that referred to in the patent above mentioned, and 1 have conceived that the body A can be glass, :and a base ring or portion, can be made which will engagethe and serve to support the-body portion A, which on account of the projecting portion plane surface. p a

In carrying out my invention I provide'the body portion with projecting bead A but could dispense with this bead bymaking preferably 3 and indicatedby A.

when the springelements will spring back into position beneath the bottom of the rescompleting the construction.

form from the standpoint of beauty of'design. The base ring D is provided with unbroken circular 1 as the ring C, but the ring D, is formed with eter thanthe diameter of-the bottom of the body A, indicated by is slotted by vertical enough together to form spring elements, so that whenthe-body'A is forced upward, the spring elements are forced outward to permit the beaded ring them into the 1 position this position. By providingthe base ring with the'unbroken ringpor'tions C"C and 'Df Di-thebase ring will retain its form and the life of the stand will be prolonged.

making the stand in blown glass,

it has been found impossible to make a blown glass stand having the depression and iormlng'the base ofrglass andintegral with y reason of the comparative cheapness A would not otherwise rest'properly on a the lower portion of the outer wall'tapered as illustrated in F The base ringO is I preferably formed oi thin springmet-al such Referring to Fig. 2, I have shown a better Patented ocefie, 1914.;

made of blown I body portion a circular ervoiras shown, to hold the body A, thus portions D- and D 'the same a portion of its bodyof somewhat less diain- D and this p ortion v e slots placed close I 5 'to pass above shown and locked in (lenient maybe placed inthe'bottorn of'the I tures of utility of ring if desired,

this construction I am able to provide an inkstand having'a diameter of base or three inches, at a cost of less than three cents each, and having all the feamy former stand referred to above which costs to provide several times this amount.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new:

1. An inkstand comprising a bowl having a circumferential bead, a circular base therefor, the internal diameter of the'upper edge being smaller than that of the head, the up per portion of said base forming a continuous unbroken band, peripheral slits below said continuous band, the material between the slits being bent inwardly to constitute springs adapted to spring under the bowl when the latter is inserted into the base.

J 2. An inkstand comprising a bowl having a downwardly projecting bottom portion, of a base consisting of a sheet metal ring having a lower internal diameter not less than the greatest diameter of the bowl and an upper internal diameter less than the greatest diameter of the bowl said ring having vertical slits, the material between the slits constituting springs, said springs being adapted to spring under thebowl when the latter is inserted into the base. i

3. An inkstand comprising a bowl having a downwardly projecting bottom portion, of a base consisting of a sheet metal'ring having a lower internal diameter not less than the greatest diameter of the bowl and an upper internal diameter less than-the greatest diameter of the bowl said ring having vertical slits, the material between the slits constituting springs other, the bottom portion of the ring presenting a continuous unbroken band.

An inkstand comprising a bowl having a lower central enlargement and 'a peripheral bead, of a base consisting of a sheet metal ring having a continuous outer surface consisting of contiguous springs, and a contracted upper portion adapted to engage the bead, said. springs being adapted to snap under the bowl and cooperate with said contracted portion and said bead to retain the bowl in place.

5. An inkstand comprising a bowl having a central downwardly projecting portion and an annular bead, of a base consisting of a ring having a continuous upper portion of a less diameter than the diameter of the bead and a continuous lower portion of a diameter not less than the diameter of the bead, and vertically extending integral springs adapted to snap under the bowl and cooperating with the bead and the upper portion of the ring to hold the bowl inplace,

Copies of this patent niay be obtained for contiguous to I each five cents each, by addressing the to increase the weight of the I said springs forming a continuous outer surbase portion. By

cul ar edge portion formed in an unbroken band and of less diameter than the bottom of the bottle, and having spring elements formed integral therewith and located below said unbroken upper portion and adapted to spring under the bottom edge of the bottle to clamp and support same in position, and having an unbroken circular band portion located below said spring elements.

7. An inkstand comprising a blown glass bottle having a central downwardly projecting portion, a base ring having its top circular edge portion formed in an unbroken band and of less diameter than the bottom of the bottle, and having spring elements formed integral therewith and located below said unbroken upper portion, said spring elements being formed by curving the ring inward near its middle portion and dividing the curved portion by forming slits therein to provide a plurality of said spring elements, and adapted to spring under the bottom edge of the bottle to clamp and support same in position.

8. A base comprising a sheet metal ring having a top portion provided with an overturned edge, and a bottom portion having an opening of greater diameter than said top portion, said top and bottom portions being united by a series of inwardly bent integral springs contiguous to each other throughout their length and presenting a substantially continuous outer surface, said springs being adapted to snap under a memher to be supported on said base.

An inkstand comprising a bowl and a base, the interior diameter of the upper edge of the latter being less than the greatest diameter oi the bowl, the upper portion of the base forming a continuous unbroken band, and the lower portion having an internal diameter which is greater than the largest diameter of the bowl and forming a continuous unbroken band, and a plurality of slits intermediate said bands, the material be; tween the slits being bent inwardly, so as to form a resilient retaining means bearing against the bottom of the bowl to fix the latter securely within the base, but permitting its ready removal therefrom.

' Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York this 8th day of July A. D. 1911.

FRANK M. ASHLEY.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington,1). G. 

